A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil moisture deficits ...

Invasive species remain one of the most urgent threats to Pacific ecosystems, impacting biodiversity, food security, and culturally important environments. To accelerate regional action, the Pacific ...

Earth Sciences NZ is proud to support the Cook Islands Meteorological Service (CIMS) through major upgrades to infrastructure and monitoring systems. With backing from MFAT, COSPPac, UNEP and the ...

Patrina Dumaru is a Senior Social Scientist specialising in climate resilient development, traditional knowledge and social inclusivity in the Pacific. Based at the Auckland office, she specializes in ...

In December, Earth Sciences NZ supported the Climate and Biodiversity Smart Marine Spatial Planning (CabSmart) project in Kiribati, contributing technical expertise to a significant ocean management ...

A new NIWA-led study has found that climate change increased the amount of total rainfall during Cyclone Gabrielle by 10%. This additional rain fell during the most intense parts of the storm, ...

A New Zealand-led team has completed the fullest investigation to date into January’s eruption of the underwater Tongan volcano. Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai (HT-HH) emitted the biggest atmospheric ...

New maps from NIWA and the Deep South National Science Challenge show areas across Aotearoa New Zealand that could be inundated by extreme coastal flooding. They show a large storm-tide with the ...

January was Auckland's wettest month since records began, according to meteorologists. The Central Auckland Rainfall series recorded a total of 539 mm of rain at Albert Park, smashing the previous ...

Stories of tremendous forest fires, huge storm events, and suffocating heatwaves have dominated headlines over the past few years. We instinctively feel that our weather is getting wilder. Are we ...

A new species has been named after favourite Wellington brewpub Fork and Brewer. NIWA Marine Biologists Rachael Peart (left) and Kareen Schnabel (right) with competition winner, Fork and Brewer's Head ...